Terry Francona is the Reds' new manager

[westofyou]

Straw won a gold glove in CF in 2022. What does playing a GG CF have to do with playing a mediocre defensive corner OF who can't hit?

Yeah he did, my assertion was that a guy with a bad batting line will be in the lineup with Francoa managing, chances are he'll be paying it back elsewhere.

[GAC]

It was painful to watch him consistently fail this year only to have the commercial break feature him talking about his approach and success, way to go Bally's Broadcasting (freaking amateur's)

I thought I was the only one who saw that lol

[GAC]

The game has a LOT of these numbers these days, the Reds will continue to have them, even the 1970 BRM carried Tommy Helms (607 PAs .237/.262/.282) I expect to see some guys with Bensons numbers, but if that occurs then I want less K's and better fielding as a trade-off

Helms actually came to mind when thinking of Benson. Saw enough of him growing up, and always said Helms couldn't hit his way out of a paper bag (lol). He then becomes a hitting coach. I guess it ws "do as I say, not as I do". Met him several years ago at Redsfest with Lee May.

[GAC]

How much of a burden (pressure) does Tito now have on him as the Red's skipper? How much of a grace period are the fans going to give him, if any?

[Bourgeois Zee]

Helms actually came to mind when thinking of Benson. Saw enough of him growing up, and always said Helms couldn't hit his way out of a paper bag (lol). He then becomes a hitting coach. I guess it ws "do as I say, not as I do". Met him several years ago at Redsfest with Lee May.

Lee May is the type of player I hope CES turns into.

[cumberlandreds]

How much of a burden (pressure) does Tito now have on him as the Red's skipper? How much of a grace period are the fans going to give him, if any?

First loss of the season.

[Chip R]

Mark Sheldon has reported that all three Reds hitting coaches have been sacked. Those would be Joel McKeithan, Terry Bradshaw and Tim LaMonte,

[CaiGuy]

First loss of the season.

First lineup posted.

[cumberlandreds]

Mark Sheldon has reported that all three Reds hitting coaches have been sacked. Those would be Joel McKeithan, Terry Bradshaw and Tim LaMonte,

Terry Bradshaw? He was a good QB but I doubt he knew anything about hitting. No wonder the Reds struggled in the hitting department.

[LiferJim]

Mark Sheldon has reported that all three Reds hitting coaches have been sacked. Those would be Joel McKeithan, Terry Bradshaw and Tim LaMonte,

Good. That should have happened 5 months ago.


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[Chip R]

So the Reds had three hitting coaches. Offense, defense and special teams?

[sdwagers]

So the Reds had three hitting coaches. Offense, defense and special teams?

1 lead and 2 assistants.

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early word is Kevin Youkilis as new hitting coach. Tito for looked at him for the same position in Cleveland

[Kingspoint]

On a team where there's a President of Baseball Operations set up, the GM is essentially the same as an Assistant GM in the old set up.

[Kingspoint]

Lee May is the type of player I hope CES turns into.

Seems like a perfect comp.

May could be counted on. He'd miss 9-16 games every year for 11 years in a row. That's pretty dependable.

With the low OBP and with Pitchers no longer hitting, he's a perfect #6 hitter. Get some guys in front of him with higher OBP's and guys in the #4 and #5 spots who have both power and a higher OBP. If there isn't someone available with a higher OBP AND power, then move him up to the 5th spot.

[mth123]

It's like any business. You give a guy a title to justify a raise so he doesn't leave for another team. Usually it doesn't change the responsibilities much. I've worked for companies that had Directors, VPs and Assistant VPs who were just staff members with no one reporting to them. They weren't anyone's boss, but got the title so they could get a pay increase rather than being lost to the competition.

I think that is why GM is now Head of Baseball Operations and assistant GMs are GMs and Department Managers are assistant GMs etc. It's simply to provide upward mobility so the best guys don't leave.